Literary Genre
This mode focuses on the ways that texts tell their story. The following kinds of questions should be asked about the texts being studied: • How is this story told? (Who tells it? Where and when is it told?) • Why is the story told in this way? • What effects do all these have? • Is there just one plot or many plots? How do these relate? • What are the major tensions in the texts? Are they resolved or not? • Was this way of telling the story successful and enjoyable? • How do the texts compare as stories? • Is the story humorous or tragic, romantic or realistic? • To what genre does it actually belong? Is it Romance, Thriller, Social Realism, Saga, Historical, Fantasy, Science-fiction, Satire? • How do the experiences of encountering a novel, a play (performed), and viewing a film differ? |